Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER VIII REGISTERS OF NETWORK AND VEHICLES

Article 32 Vehicle numbering system

1. Any vehicle placed in service in the Community rail system shall carry a European vehicle number (EVN) assigned when the first authorisation for placing in service is granted.

2. The applicant for the first authorisation shall be responsible for marking the vehicle in question with the EVN assigned to it.

3. The EVN shall be specified in the TSI on operation and traffic management.

4. A vehicle shall be assigned an EVN only once, unless otherwise specified in the TSI on operation and traffic management.

5. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, in the case of vehicles operated or intended to be operated from or to third countries the track gauge of which is different from that of the main rail network within the Community, Member States may accept vehicles clearly identified according to a different coding system.

Article 33 National vehicle registers

1. Each Member State shall keep a register of the vehicles authorised in its territory. This register shall meet the following criteria:

(a) it shall comply with the common specifications referred to in paragraph 2;

(b) it shall be kept updated by a body independent of any railway undertaking;

(c) it shall be accessible to the safety authorities and investigating bodies designated in Articles 16 and 21 of Directive 2004/49/EC; it shall also be made accessible, in response to any legitimate request, to the regulatory bodies designated in Article 30 of Directive 2001/14/EC, and to the Agency, the railway undertaking and the infrastructure managers, as well as those persons or organisations registering vehicles or identified in the register.

2. Common specifications for the register shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 29(3) and on the basis of draft specifications prepared by the Agency. Those draft specifications shall include content, data format, functional and technical architecture, operating mode, including arrangements for the exchange of data, and rules for data input and consultation. For each vehicle, the register shall contain at least the following information:

(a) the EVN;

(b) references to the ‘EC’ declaration of verification and the issuing body;

(c) references to the European register of authorised types of vehicles referred to in Article 34;

(d) identification of the owner of the vehicle and the keeper;

(e) restrictions on how the vehicle may be used;

(f) the entity in charge of maintenance.

3. The registration holder shall immediately declare any modification to the data entered in the national vehicle register, the destruction of a vehicle or its decision to no longer register a vehicle, to the authority of any Member State where the vehicle has been authorised.

4. As long as Member States' national vehicle registers are not linked, each Member State shall update its register with the modifications made by another Member State in its own register, as regards the data with which it is concerned.

5. In the case of vehicles placed in service for the first time in a third country and authorised in a Member State for placing in service on its territory, that Member State shall ensure that the data listed in paragraph 2(d) to (f) can be retrieved through the national vehicle register. Data referred to in paragraph 2(f) may be substituted by safety critical data relating to the maintenance schedule.

Article 34 European register of authorised types of vehicles

1. The Agency shall set up and keep a register of types of vehicles authorised by the Member States for placing in service on the Community rail network. This register shall meet the following criteria:

(a) it shall be public and electronically accessible;

(b) it shall comply with the common specifications referred to in paragraph 4;

(c) it shall be linked with all national vehicle registers.

2. This register shall include the following details for each type of vehicle:

(a) the technical characteristics of the type of vehicle, as defined in the relevant TSIs;

(b) the manufacturer's name;

(c) the dates, references and Member States granting the successive authorisations for this type of vehicle, including any restrictions or withdrawals.

3. When an authorisation of type is granted, modified, suspended or withdrawn in a Member State, the national safety authority of this Member State shall inform the Agency, so that the latter may update the register.

4. Common specifications for the register shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 29(3) and on the basis of draft specifications prepared by the Agency. Those draft specifications shall include content, data format, functional and technical architecture, operating mode and rules for data input and consultation.

Article 35 Register of infrastructure

1. Each Member State shall ensure that a register of infrastructure is published and updated on the basis of the revision cycle referred to in paragraph 2. This register shall indicate the main features of each subsystem or part subsystem involved (e.g. the basic parameters) and their correlation with the features laid down under the applicable TSIs. To that end, each TSI shall indicate precisely what information must be included in the register of infrastructure.

2. The Agency shall prepare draft specifications on this register regarding its presentation and format, its revision cycle and instructions for use, taking into account an appropriate transition period for infrastructures placed in service before the entry into force of this Directive. The Commission shall adopt the specifications in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 29(3).